Episode 3 Convict kids
Convict love token from J. Fletcher. Image courtesy of the National Museum of Australia.
Why did kids get transported from Britain to Australia?
What were their crimes? Did they miss their families?
What was life like as a convict in Van Dieman’s Land, an open air prison on Palawa land?
Students from Princes Street Primary School in Hobart tell us what they know about convict kids.
Hamish Maxwell-Stewart and Marcelle Mangan tell the story of transportation, convict tattoos and tokens, and convict life at the Cascades Female Factory in Hobart.
They answer kids’ questions and reflect on what the evidence can and can’t tell us about the convicts.
Transcript
Voices
Professor Hamish Maxwell-Stewart is a specialist in convict history and is at the University of New England.
Marcelle Mangan is a tour guide at the Cascades Female Factory, Hobart.
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More learning resources
National Museum of Australia
Digital Classroom ‘When prisoners walked the land’ evidence file
Museums of History NSW
ABC Education
State Library of NSW
Music
Less Jaunty and Apollo Diedre by Blue Dot Sessions.
Convict Maid sung by Blazey Clark. Guitar by Tom Clark.
How to cite this episode:
Clark, A., Curtis, J., Wright, C., & Jorgensen, B. (2024, June 11). ‘Convict kids’. Hey History! (Season 1). UTS Impact Studios. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11557916